The Annual RegisterEdmund Burke Rivingtons, 1919 |
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Side 4
... enemy had gained large territorial advantages in 1917. The Austrians had reconquered the greater part of eastern Galicia and the whole of Bukovina . In Rumania the Austro - Hungarian line struck straight across the country , and , for ...
... enemy had gained large territorial advantages in 1917. The Austrians had reconquered the greater part of eastern Galicia and the whole of Bukovina . In Rumania the Austro - Hungarian line struck straight across the country , and , for ...
Side 5
... enemies if they could negotiate conjointly with the undefeated Western Powers . A general conference would be a discussion between equals . The separate negotiations between Russia and the enemy could only be a debate between victors ...
... enemies if they could negotiate conjointly with the undefeated Western Powers . A general conference would be a discussion between equals . The separate negotiations between Russia and the enemy could only be a debate between victors ...
Side 22
... enemy along over 50 miles of the British front , from the river Scarpe to the neighbourhood of the Oise . The German strategists had succeeded in obtain- ing a considerable numerical superiority over the Fifth Army stationed to the west ...
... enemy along over 50 miles of the British front , from the river Scarpe to the neighbourhood of the Oise . The German strategists had succeeded in obtain- ing a considerable numerical superiority over the Fifth Army stationed to the west ...
Side 23
... enemy had made an advance of no less than 35 miles , and before that time it had become evident that the German staff were aiming what they hoped would be a decisive blow at Amiens . And it can scarcely be doubted that the loss of that ...
... enemy had made an advance of no less than 35 miles , and before that time it had become evident that the German staff were aiming what they hoped would be a decisive blow at Amiens . And it can scarcely be doubted that the loss of that ...
Side 24
... enemy occupied before the great battle of the Somme . The Germans had taken Albert , Chaulnes , and Roye , and the spearhead of the German Army was now less than 15 miles from Amiens . On the wings , the advance , though great , had not ...
... enemy occupied before the great battle of the Somme . The Germans had taken Albert , Chaulnes , and Roye , and the spearhead of the German Army was now less than 15 miles from Amiens . On the wings , the advance , though great , had not ...
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Allies Alsace-Lorraine American announced appointed April armistice Army Asquith attack Austria-Hungary Austrian Austro Austro-Hungarian became Bill Bolsheviks Bonar Law Britain British Cabinet captured Central Powers Chancellor command Committee Conference continued Council December declared Division East educated elected Empire enemy Europe expenditure favour fighting force Foreign France French front George German Empire German Government held hostile House of Commons Imperial Imperial War Cabinet important increase India interest Ireland Irish issued Italian Jugo-Slav July King Labour Party Liberal London Lord Major-General majority March married ment military Ministry Munitions Muscovite negotiations November October officers Parliament peace Petrograd political position President Wilson Prime Minister Prince prisoners proposed provinces question railway regard Reichstag reply representatives Republic resigned Royal Russian Secretary Senor September Serbia ships Socialist South speech submarine success taken territory tion took trade Treaty troops Tuan Chi-Jui Ukrainia United votes week
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Side 304 - The peoples of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous development.
Side 307 - Germany has once more said that force, and force alone, shall decide whether justice and peace shall reign in the affairs of men, whether 'Right as America conceives it or Dominion as she conceives it shall determine the destinies of mankind. There is, therefore, but one response possible from us: Force. Force to the utmost. Force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant Force which shall make Right the law of the world, and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust.
Side 303 - Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.
Side 303 - The evacuation of all Russian territory, and such a settlement of all questions affecting Russia as will secure the best and freest co-operation of the other nations of the world in obtaining for her an unhampered and unembarrassed opportunity for the independent determination of her own political development and national policy, and assure her of a sincere welcome into the society of free nations under institutions of her own choosing; and, more than a welcome, assistance also of every kind that...
Side 303 - Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of international covenants. III. The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.
Side 303 - A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined.
Side 26 - 21 Macmillan t British Red cross soc. Reports by the joint war committee and the joint war finance committee of the British Red cross society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem...
Side 305 - The method the German Chancellor proposes is the method of the Congress of Vienna. We cannot and will not return to that. What is at stake now is the peace of the world. What we are striving for is a new international order based upon broad and universal principles of right and justice — no mere peace of shreds and patches.
Side 307 - President is hereby authorized to make such redistribution of functions among executive agencies as he may deem necessary, including any functions, duties, and powers hitherto by law conferred upon any executive department, commission, bureau, agency, office, or officer, in such manner as in his judgment shall seem best fitted to carry out the purposes of this Act...
Side 304 - All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly fifty years, should be righted, in order that peace may once more be made secure in the interest of all.